London: Harry Potter author JK Rowling has apologized for a series of tweets that falsely accused US President Donald Trump of refusing to shake the hand of a boy in a wheelchair during an event last week.

JK Rowling in this file photo. Courtesy: Reuters

On 31 July, Rowling said she deleted her 28 July tweets after she was informed that they "not a full or accurate representation" of what happened at the 24 July event at the White House, reports CNN.

She also apologized on Twitter to the three-year-old Montgomery Weer and his family though she did not extend the same courtesy to Trump.

Re: my tweets about the small boy in a wheelchair whose proferred hand the president appeared to ignore in press footage, multiple /1